Ortho Hors D'oeuvres (Answer):
To review, this is a 39 year-old male presenting with wrist pain after motorcycle collision. Questions and Answers: 1) What is the injury? As you can see in the below radiographs, this patient has an obvious transverse, communicated, severely translated fracture of the distal radius as demonstrated by the double arrow. The patient also has an associated dislocation of the distal ulna (single arrow). This configuration of orthopedic insults is also known as a Galeazzi fracture
Ortho Hors D'oeuvres (Prompt):
Patient is a 39 year-old left-handed male presenting with right wrist pain. Patient was riding a motorcycle at low speeds when forced to "lay down" his motorcycle when cut off by a car. On physical examination, patient has intact abduction, opposition, and thumb extension. He has intact sensation to median, ulnar, and radial nerve distributions. Radiograph is below: Questions: 1) What is the injury? 2) What are the next relevant steps in medication administration? 3) What are
